Deuteronomy 26:5
and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.
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ASV
And thou shalt answer and say before Jehovah thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous.
KJV
And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְעָנִ֨יתָ | ve.'a.Ni.ta | and you will answer | H6030 → |
| וְאָמַרְתָּ֜ | ve.'a.mar.Ta | and you will say | H559 → |
| לִפְנֵ֣י׀ | lif.Nei | <to> before | H6440 → |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| אֲרַמִּי֙ | 'a.ra.Mi | [was] an Aramean | H761 → |
| אֹבֵ֣ד | 'o.Ved | wandering | H6 → |
| אָבִ֔י | 'a.Vi | ancestor my | H1 → |
| וַיֵּ֣רֶד | vai.Ye.red | and he went down | H3381 → |
| מִצְרַ֔יְמָה | mitz.Ray.mah | Egypt towards | H4714 → |
| וַיָּ֥גָר | vai.Ya.gor | and he sojourned | H1481 → |
| שָׁ֖ם | sham | there | H8033 → |
| בִּמְתֵ֣י | bim.Tei | <in> men of | H4962 → |
| מְעָ֑ט | me.'At | fewness | H4592 → |
| וַֽיְהִי־ | vay.hi- | and he became | H1961 → |
| שָׁ֕ם | sham | there | H8033 → |
| לְג֥וֹי | le.Goy | <into> a nation | H1471 → |
| גָּד֖וֹל | ga.Dol | great | H1419 → |
| עָצ֥וּם | 'a.Tzum | mighty | H6099 → |
| וָרָֽב׃ | va.Rav | and numerous | H7227 → |
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